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I'd like to take a moment to point out, as was done in the article, that receiving this award is further validation that electric cars are becoming mainstream.
by vinay427 10y ago
I'd like to take a moment to point out, as was done in the article, that receiving this award is further validation that electric cars are becoming mainstream. We can compare it to an upcoming competitor (the Model 3) but at the end of the day, they're vying for positions on the same team. That being said, a lot of this felt like an advertisement as another poster mentioned.
One thing I would like to see is better charger standardisation now that Tesla has its own apparebtly faster but non-standard alternative.
- rubidium 10y agoIt's like the rise of California wineries. If someone wins they all win.
- jgalt212 10y agoExcept for the fact that TSLA stock price trades as if it will dominate all the markets it operates in.
- alex_duf 10y agoYes, the EV industry needs to come up with a standard as quickly as possible now that it's pretty sure EV are here for a while.
- projektfu 10y agoThere are standards and, like networking standards, they improve over time. Tesla has a nonstandard approach mostly because they are offering free electricity. There's no real reason why an L3 charging station couldn't offer both connections if Tesla would permit it.
- WhitneyLand 10y agoCompatible chargers would be great, but you have the same old problems of a standards war. Could mathematical tools for fair division help? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_cake-cutting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_cake-cutting For example it could be used to decide who pays what to buy into the standard, who helps build out the network etc. Or they could ask Dolby Labs or Sony for help if they really want to lean how to screw up a standards war so everyone loses for years on end.